Shinjuku & Shibuya

Ah... so I've spent the last two days in my apartment. Literally sitting her staring at my computer screen. I got sick... and as a result, I'm stuck indoors.

Well, I did attempt to go out shopping yesterday on my own at the local discount store, but... even that bike ride was exhausting.

So for now, I'm resting up.

Class starts tomorrow, and I only just realized that hey, I don't know where these classes are. Reading the class guide does not help. All it will say is that my classes are in Building 1 and 2. Not either or, but rather, both. For each class. The line above it, which I can only assume is my room number... is kanji. And since all the room on the campus guide are numbered, I can only assume it means "not assigned".

I am also confused. Mr. Shimada, my contact in student affairs, told me classes start Wednesday. But during class registration, Prof. Furukawa, one of the people helping me schedule my classes, told me classes will start Thursday. So should I even be going tomorrow?

Ah well... someone is getting bugged by me tomorrow.

Anyways, as for my weekend, I went to Tokyo to meet Midori! For those that didn't know who she was, Midori was the girl who came to CMU last semester from TPU as a foreign exchange student. She's the one who convinced me to come! ^_^ The train ride from Atsugi to Tokyo is 45 minutes and around $5 one way. And also insanely crowded. I was half-sitting on a sleeping guy at one point b/c ppl kept packing themselves into the train to the point that you really could not even turn around.

Midori and I went to Shibuya and Shinjuku (we were with her friend Akane (I think that's how i'd spell it?) for awhile, but she left pretty early to do some work). We went to Shibuya to go see Linkin Park in a radio interview. Well, Chester from Linkin Park anyways. We waited in line for an hour just to spend 5 min in a room watching him talk. They let the fans in in groups of about 20 or so. Midori and I were lucky. We were one of the first in our group so we were standing right in front of him when we got in. It was kinda fun, but I kept thinking "zoo exhibit" because of the soundproof glass and bar separating us from him. I think he said the same too.

But hey! Got to see a celebrity. That's pretty cool.

I want his shoes.... Hehe.

We spent a lot of time in Shinjuku shopping around. Namely, we were looking for a Nintendo DS for me. They've got a lot more programs here for it, and not all are games. I was looking for this Japanese-English dictionary that let you write in the the kanji and it would translate for you in to English. Beats the electronic dictionary the school lent me. If you don't already know how to pronounce the kanji in front of you (and each one has many pronunciations based on sentence structure), then you can't input the hiragana to get a translation.

But the DS is a hot HOT item here. Like the Wii, people wait in line to get it. Although, I think the craze for it has been pretty recent. Midori's friend had gotten one once and didn't have any problems buying it.

But we checked 3 stores. All sold out.

Eventually, w/ Midori's help, I purchased one online. I now have a DS! Now to get that program. Hehe.

But let's see... went clothes shopping. And other stores. Let's just say I now know the difference between anime/manga fan and otaku. And trust me, otaku isn't a socially good thing. I get the stigma surrounding the word.

Pictures later. Sleepy.. kinda. Class tomorrow.